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By Scott Sumner
I have no idea how to answer this question, partly because I don't believe in public opinion polls. But for those who do, here are the results of asking the public what tax rate the rich should pay: 21 percent of respondents recommend a rate below 20 percent; 17 percent recommend a rate of 20 percent; 23 percent recommend a 25 percent rate; 14 percent recommend a 30 percent rate; 13 percent recommend a 35 percent rate; 4 percent recommend...
Matt Yglesias cites some polls that suggest that the public favors higher taxes on the rich: There’s no polling on specific brackets or exactly who counts as rich that I can find, but surveys are very consistent that for some definition of rich the voters would...
I've heard even worse, people will say he needed the deduction, like if he made a charitable gift he would reduce his taxes by more than the gift. At that point I explain taxes to them a bit and they seem to accept what I say with surprise.
Floccina , January 11, 5:18 pm.